Altar-bread softener.



P. P. SAURUSAITIS.

AL TAR BREAD SOFTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25. 1917.

INVENTOR v TTRNEY Patented. Mauy 21,1918. I

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ToaZZ teho m z' t concern." 1 A Be it known that I, PETER. PnSAURUsAI- .rrrs, a citizen of .the United States of America,: residing; at; -Waterbury, in the county .of =Newl Haven and State ofsOonnecticut, haveihventeda new and .useful Altar-Bread Softener, ofwhich the following is a specithereof, thereby enabling the wafers to .re--

main intact for the serving of the same; 1

Another object of the invention is theprovision of a device of this character, wherein the holder for the altar bread is novel in form to enable the bread to be placed therein with despatch, and the convenient removal thereof when the occasion requires.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, which will embrace the desired features of simplicity, efficiency and durability, which will operate efficiently and effectively for its intended purpose, and which will be compact, to render it inexpensive in the manufacture thereof.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of elements, which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the device constructed in accordance with the invention, the cover or lid being partly open.

Fig. 2, is a vertical longitudinal section elevation.

]Fig. 3, is a vertical transverse sectional view.

Fig. 1, is a perspective view of the rack, showing certain of the tray sections partly broken away.

Similar refaence characters indicate corif i l 1. l 5 term Elementa or co niigcj r ijmt" Aime- AD Sam ria} atenteuj May 211, 19

Application filed June 25, 1917. Serial no. 176,798. 1

responding parts throughout the severalw viewsin the drawing. 4 Referring .to the ;.drawing in detail, .A

designates generally a casing,.which in this instanceis' in the form of 3a box-like body material, having anopen'top, .whilespaced from the, latter. and on. the exterior surface of said .body .isa bead 6,.housing 'a rein- '5, preferably made from'metal, although it may be constructed from-any other suitable forcing wire or rod 7, which extends en ,tirely around {the body, and has ,hi nged thereto at, the rear of the same a coveror v.1id ,8,..whicl-1 is adapted totelescope oriit loverthe open top of the body when closed,

so as to rest upon the bead 6, thereon, and

in thismannertightly seal thebody,

On the cover or lid 8, is fixed a suitable handle 9, tofacilitate the-opening and closing thereof, while mounted exteriorly on each end of the body 5, is a swinging loop handle 10, which permits the device to be carried in the hands from one point to another when desired.

Interiorly of the body 5, spaced from the walls thereof is an inner shell or body 11, the walls of which rise from the bottom of said body 5, and terminate spaced from the open top thereof at their upper edges, to provide a water chamber 12, between the body 5 and inner shell or body 11, throughout the sides and ends, while within the latter is formed a compartment 13, for receiving a removable bread holder or rack hereinafter fully described.

The bread holder or rack comprises a pair of U-shaped frames 14, each made from a single length of rigid wire, on which are placed a plurality of trays or sections 15, the same being formed with holes 16, near their corners for the reception of the Vertical limbs of said frames 14, whereby said trays or sections can be stacked one over the other in superposed relation to each other, and may be separated on the sliding thereof upon the limbs of said frames, or brought close together, for accommodating therebetween the thin layers of bread 17, which are impressed with lines of demarcation or otherwise stamped indicative of wafers, so that the bread when softened can be cut into wafer form for service, without the crumbling of the bread during the cutting thereof.

In practice, the bread is placed in the rack between the trays or sections 15, and thereafter said rack is "placed within the compartment 13, in the "casing A, it bein'gnnderstood of course that water is introduced into the chamber 12, and when the cover or 1id 8, is closed the moisture from said cham ber 12, circulates over the upper edges of the walls of the inner shell or :body 11, into the compartment 13, and contacts with the bread on' the trays or sections 15, thereby softening the bread, so that the :samema'y be out into wafers without producing crumbs.

It willbe apparentthat there is provided the invention is not limited =or confined to t heprecise details ofconstructi'on herein dev ttpiestr this patent may be obtained for scribed and Cllil'lbaited, as modificationsand variations may beresortedto, such as come withinlthe scopeof the-claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrlficing any of ts advantages.

What Is claimed is:

1. A device of the character described,

comprising a casing having a center compartment and a water chamber about the same, U-shaped frames, a plurality of trays -slida'bly supported on the frames for removable mounting within the compartment, and a cover for the ca-sing.

Dhe combination with a casing having -a co'mpartment and water chamber, of a rack for detachable mounting within the compartment,comprising pair of frames, each having "V1i3lC lliy (lISPOSGd limbs, and a plural1ty 0fplate like SCCUOHS loosely engaged at their corners with the limbs of the frames. I I

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER P. SAURUSAITIS.

Witnesses: v

Fmmons GRAzIos'A, JOHN "L. GAFFNEY.

fivetents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, 1).0. 

